Re: pull/merge --no-commit

[kurt_p_lloyd <kplloyd@alcatel-lucent.com>]

PS - Sorry, I should have mentioned the git version: 1.5.2.1

kurt_p_lloyd wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm new to git, thought I'd take it for a spin.
> Found what seems to me to be a problem,
> hoping someone can shed light on it.
> 
> I /really/ want --no-commit to work, bit it doesn't seem to:
> 
> I run:      git pull --no-commit ssh://<blah blah blah>
> 
> then I run: git status
> 
> it says:    nothing to commit (working directory clean)
> 
> then I run: git log
> 
> it shows the commit message from the other user below a
> commit sha1, and the change I pulled was indeed merged to
> my file.
> 
> Does this seem to be a bug, or am I doing something wrong?
> BTW, merge --no-commit gives me the same problem.  It merges
> fine but does the commit.
> 
> I put a 'set -x' in the git-merge shell script (which gets
> called by pull) from one of my 'pull' runs, I have the output
> if anyone wants it.
> 
> -Kurt